The Lager Blogger

4.4/5 g1 Cloudy straw colour Great head Fruity aroma 4.5/5 and citrus taste of moderate intensity 4.8/5 Fresh and tasty creamy mouthfeel Mild fruity aftertaste is it’s weakest attribute 4/5

4.8/5 G2 Gold clear, medium head Very mild aroma. Exceptionally clean taste with a slightly bitter finish, lingering bitter and dry aftertaste. Excellent body, leaves more persistent rings on the glass than most lagers Mild carbonation Excellent session beer. It has the most difficult character one can strive for: that of purity. You really couldn’t [...]

Stanley park belgian amber ale Light but complex and flavorful. 5.1% Excellent head Gorgeous bottle Different stories on label Amber colour Slightly bitter, faint aroma Fresh citrus taste, clean aftertaste at first, with a lingering bread taste that fades. Great body Wind powered sustainable brewery makes it guilt free. 4.9/5 G1

Dead frog honey brown Copper moderate head, clear Moderate aroma, sharp and clean. Toast Slightly creamier mouthfeel Slightly fruity taste nicely balanced. Bittersweet drying aftertaste is a little long, especially toward the bottom of the bottle. Not horrible, but there are far better beers out there than Dead Frog. 3.5/5 G2

The Mash Wunderbier was a tribute to Oktoberfest, and the great beers of Bavaria.  With its brilliant copper look, I would have guessed it was a Pale Ale. However, the bartender assured me that the kegs were not mixed up, and the correct beer was exiting the tap and hitting my glass (and my stomach). [...]

It was a bout an hour’s drive from the Perth to visit the Swan Valley’s Mash Brewery.  This is a great place to drink, as every beer is preservative free.  Every beer lover in Western Australia should visit this oasis.  The Australian wineries are a huge tourist attraction, and the breweries are following suit.  This [...]

I had a good night’s rest after wandering through the Shilin Market in Taipei, then had a lazy morning before beer O’clock when I sampled a Kirin Ichiban Beer. Yah, you know, you can get this stuff anywhere, but I figured I was pretty close to Japan, so I should try it here for a [...]

I was really planning on tasting more Taiwan Beer brands, but couldn’t find the rest at the corner store just yet. So, instead, I opted for this beer, Suntory. I think it’s from Japan. It was a straw Gold colour, brilliant. The head was lively but short-lived. The aroma is a 3.5 in intensity, and [...]

It was a joyous afternoon, enjoying my second Taiwanese beer of the day, and watching the World Games on my 42-inch plasma perched at the foot of my king-size bed at the Tango Nanshi in Taipei. The event on TV was the former Olympic event “Tug-Of-War” (my favourite). Tug of war embodies all qualities of [...]

Coming up is my long-awaited trip to Taiwan, and there are a few things I like to discover when I travel: the people, the culture, the transit systems, and the beer. As it turns out, in most places we really choose our beer based on the media input. They are, indeed, selling a feeling. Products [...]